Artist Rene Matić discusses their multidisciplinary practice and the personal history that informs their exploration of British identity, race, and subculture. The conversation highlights Matić’s deep connection to skinhead culture—inherited from their father—and their use of an "ethnographic methodology of the Self" to document queer BIPOC communities and personal memories.
This interview matters because it provides critical insight into how contemporary artists are deconstructing the complexities of Britishness and whiteness through the lens of interracial heritage. By referencing pivotal cultural touchstones like the film 'This is England' and their own early performance works, Matić illustrates how art can serve as a tool for self-determination and a means of salvaging marginalized histories from hegemonic national narratives.